Picking up a new CPU can be an ordeal, especially if you’re worried about cost. Luckily, these Black Friday deals will let you snag a great CPU for cheap.
The CPU is the life blood of your desktop, and this is especially true if you’re goal is to have a quality gaming PC or computer for editing software and graphics manipulation. With AMD and Intel in a seemingly never-ending “chip war” you have to wonder if today will bring any great Black Friday deals to the fray. Well, wonder no more. We’ve sorted through the lists and found the best CPU deals from each company. Oh, and while you’re on a computer part building spree, be sure to check out our RAM Black Friday deals, GPU Black Friday deals and AIO Cooler Black Friday deals selections.Best AMD CPU Black Friday deals
AMD CPUs have been having a resurgence recently, especially regarding mid and high-end gaming CPUs, although the prices have also risen quite a bit. Of course, not everybody is familiar with AMD CPUs, so if you’re not sure what to grab, our guide on which Ryzen processor you should buy is a great starting point to familiarize yourself.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G —
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G —
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X —
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X —
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X —
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X —
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X —
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D —
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D —
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X —
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D —
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X — Best Intel CPU Black Friday deals
More people are familiar with Intel CPUs, and as a popular processor brand, that’s not surprising. There are a lot of great options here, too, but if you also aren’t familiar with Intel, we have a list of the best Intel processors you can take a look at to get an idea of what to get.
Intel Core i5-11400F —
Intel Core i5-12600KF —
Intel Core i5-12400 —
Intel Core i5-13600KF —
Intel Core i7-12700KF —
Intel Core i9-11900K —
Intel Core i7-13700K —
Intel Core i7-14700K —
Intel Core i9-12900KS —
Intel Core i9-13900KF —
Intel Core i9-13900K —
Intel Core i9-14900K — How to choose the right processor for your PC
There’s a lot more variability in CPUs than there are in GPUs because you can use CPUs on everything from gaming to audio editing, so each task has different core and thread number requirements.
